Mysterious Monkeys

This is the funniest episode so far but the most explicit with nudity and similar themes. Only half this show is worth watching and the other half is rubbish. I wouldn't recommend the series. It is bloated with stories I don't want to watch and just as you beginning to enjoy a particular part it just fades into the background.

I guess sexual harassment in the workplace is funny when the soundtrack says so?

Also, was the ashes scene supposed to be funny?? The Tanya character seems to rely solely on Coolidge being a known comedic figure. Her character is not written comedically. She is written like a depressed, overmedicated, sad woman, for whom there is no love shown (by the writers.)

It is more and more as though this character has no love or sympathy for any of its characters. And it seems like more and more, the consequences for terrible behavior are minor, existential slight embarrassments.

The dialogue was also particularly imbecilic.

I wasn't planning on writing a review for each episode, but this one was particularly unfunny.

The best of the series so far with lots of dark humour and cringe worthy moments.

Mark Mossbacher (Steve Zahn) discovers something rather emasculating which sends him on a daytime drinking spree alongside chatting to women half his age. He has a few standout scenes in this particular episode. The first with his son Quinn Mossbacher (Fred Hechinger) in the pool where he is rather eccentric flabbergasted on how a secret has been kept from him for so long. Fred Hechinger has performed splendidly with little dialogue conveying lots of emotion through his facial expressions. At times he seems more level headed than his father except when it comes to his addiction to screen time, a true representation of today's youth. The second memorable scene is when Mark interacts with Armond confronting him about his sexuality.

Another flat out comedic moment comes when Shane Patton (Jake Lacy) wishes for a romantic boat trip with Rachel Patton (Alexandra Daddario) except has a rather peculiar experience. (Jennifer Coolidge) Tanya McQuoid is all abroad the boat for an emotion experience alongside her massage therapist.

Olivia slowly discover she has less in common with Paula than she thought as Paula refuses to tell her what she is up to.

Overall we see that every involvement a character has with another has an impact as they all start to interwene with each other.

There is not one character that I like. The ones that are normal are weak. The young bride is more realistic and down to earth, but she is being pushed around by her new husband. He is incredibly shallow and needs to take control of everything. He has no sense of humor or respect for anyone.

The rest? First of all the woman with her mother's ashes is almost impossible to watch and has so much screen time. Her scene on the boat is so dramatic (although her responses are believable).

The director has gone back to his alcoholism and is heading for a crash. He is pathetic.

The guy who found out his father had been gay and died of AIDS is also pathetic.

Then the two girls and the brother. He is at least honest. And their mother is a cold manipulative fish.

I'm really loving this show and it's amazing how normal all the guests are with their problems. Sure some of them are nice some are acting like asses and some are acting quirky, but it's realistic feelings and actions. Ormond the manager on the other hand is spiralling out of control. And it's actually really funny... at least so far.